Ireland To Miss Target Of Administering 180,000 Vaccinations This Week
April 13, 2021 No Responses

Ireland To Miss Target Of Administering 180,000 Vaccinations This Week

The Government’s goal of administering 180,000 jabs this week will be missed following the change in advice on the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Thousands of vaccine appointments this week will be rescheduled by the HSE after the the National...
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Stormont Looking To Ease Lockdowns Further As Vaccinations Continue
April 12, 2021 No Responses

Stormont Looking To Ease Lockdowns Further As Vaccinations Continue

Progress in tackling Covid-19 has created enough headroom to allow for further lockdown relaxations in Northern Ireland, Michelle O’Neill has said. The deputy First Minister said she was confident the power-sharing executive could agree a timetable for the r...
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Teachers’ Union Calls For ‘Vigilance’ As Irish Schools Begin Reopening
April 12, 2021 No Responses

Teachers’ Union Calls For ‘Vigilance’ As Irish Schools Begin Reopening

The country’s largest teaching union has called for “vigilance” as schools fully reopened on Monday. More than a million students and staff returned to classrooms on Monday as the Republic eases its coronavirus restrictions for the first time this ye...
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McAleese: Prince Philip Came To Ireland ‘On Mission To Heal History’
April 11, 2021 No Responses

McAleese: Prince Philip Came To Ireland ‘On Mission To Heal History’

Prince Philip travelled to Ireland in 2011 “on a mission to heal history”, former president Mary McAleese has said. Belfast-born Mrs McAleese was president of the Republic when Philip accompanied Queen Elizabeth on the historic visit, the first by a...
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Ireland Set To Loosen Lockdown Restrictions On Monday
April 10, 2021 No Responses

Ireland Set To Loosen Lockdown Restrictions On Monday

Level 5 restrictions are set to be eased on Monday just under four months since they were introduced for the third time on Christmas Eve. Since last December, the return of some children to schools and some construction work have...
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Taoiseach: North Must Not ‘Spiral Back To That Dark Place’
April 10, 2021 No Responses

Taoiseach: North Must Not ‘Spiral Back To That Dark Place’

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has warned that Northern Ireland must not “spiral back to that dark place of sectarian murders and political discord”. His comments came after another night of disorder and violence that has blighted the region throughout much of....
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One Million Vaccination Doses Administered In The North
April 10, 2021 No Responses

One Million Vaccination Doses Administered In The North

Northern Ireland’s Health Minister Robin Swann has hailed “another landmark”, as the region passed the one million mark for vaccines administered. Some 813,468 people have now received their first dose of the vaccine, while 189,697 have received thei...
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Irish Leaders Send Tributes In Memory Of Duke Of Edinburgh
April 9, 2021 No Responses

Irish Leaders Send Tributes In Memory Of Duke Of Edinburgh

President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Micheál Martin have led tributes to Britain’s Prince Philip. Queen Elizabeth’s husband died at the age of 99, Buckingham Palace announced on Friday. The Taoiseach was among a number of Irish politicians to...
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No Loyalist Paramilitary Involvement In Ongoing Violence In The North Says PSNI
April 9, 2021 No Responses

No Loyalist Paramilitary Involvement In Ongoing Violence In The North Says PSNI

The PSNI has ruled out the involvement of loyalist paramilitary groups in orchestrating the violence seen in Northern Ireland in recent days. It follows a statement from the Loyalist Communities Council (LCC), an umbrella group representing the UVF, UDA and...
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Britain’s Prince Philip Dies, Aged 99
April 9, 2021 No Responses

Britain’s Prince Philip Dies, Aged 99

Britain’s Duke of Edinburgh has died, Buckingham Palace has announced. Philip (99) was the longest-serving consort in British history. The duke and Queen Elizabeth were married for more than 70 years. He officially retired from public engagements in the ...
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